Editing Envoi (section)

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'''Envoi''' or '''envoy''' in poetry is used to describe:

* A short [[stanza]] at the end of a [[poem]] such as a [[ballad]], used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/envoi|title=Envoi (or Envoy)|date=2019-10-31|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VjoCQAAQBAJ&q=envoi+poetry&pg=PA334|title=Poetry Kaleidoscope|last=Sfetcu|first=Nicolae|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781312780200|language=en}}</ref>
* A dedicatory poem about sending the book out to readers, a postscript.<ref name=":1">"envoy, n.1". OED Online. September 2019. Oxford University Press. https://www-oed-com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/view/Entry/63102?redirectedFrom=envoi  (accessed October 31, 2019).</ref>
* Any poem of farewell, including a farewell to life.

The word ''envoy'' or ''l'envoy'' comes from the Old French, where it means '[the] sending forth'.<ref name=":1" /> Originally it was a stanza at the end of a longer poem, which included a dedication to a patron or individual, similar to a [[Tornada (Occitan literary term)|tornada]]. More recent examples are dedicatory poems as part of a collection, or an individual poem about farewell or moving on. Envoi is both a type of poem, and is often used as a title.